00824-3150 — Carmine Red

Lascaux Gouache is truly different from other gouaches. Developed by color experts in consultation with teachers and professional artists, this artist-quality acrylic gouache is richly hued, extremely lightfast, and non-bleeding. Because it's highly concentrated, it's also very economical to use!

Carmine Red

Color Swatch created using full strength/50/50 and was applied on cold press Bristol board (2 ply) material.

This color contains the following pigments:

PR184—Permanent Rubine

Pigment Type

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Properties

Permanent Rubine is a transparent, bluish red pigment with high tinting strength.

Permanence

Although not absolutely permanent, pigment PR184 has very good lightfastness and is considered superior to other comparable transparent red pigments.

Toxicity

Permanent Rubine has no acute toxicity.

History

Permanent Rubine is often used as a principal component of magenta in process color printing. It replaces the widely used pigment Lithol Rubine (PR57:1) in applications where lightfastness is paramount.